black and white
Of art, a photograph or photography, using dots or lines that are either black or whiteOf art, a photograph or photography, using dots or lines that are either black or white (with no other values involved).
» Dogs see in black and white.
Hunde sehen alles in schwarz und weiß. — Sudajaengi
Собаки видят всё в чёрно-белом цвете. — krevedko
У собак чёрно-белое зрение. — odexed
У собак чорно-білий зір. — deniko
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5 sensesOf art, a photograph or photography, using dots or lines that are either black or white (with no other values involved).
Using Adobe Photoshop, he opened the images that were grayscale and converted them to be black and white.
(broadly)Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color.
Their photos from that era are all black and white.
Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
I wish she weren't always so black and white about every single thing.
Easily divided into diametrically opposing categories.
Near-synonym: night-and-day
- not having or not capable of producing colors
Examples
161 sentencesDogs see in black and white.
У собак чорно-білий зір. — deniko
ruСобаки видят всё в чёрно-белом цвете. — krevedko
deHunde sehen alles in schwarz und weiß. — Sudajaengi
A black and white dog bit me.
Чорно-білий пес вкусив мене. — ChickenKiev
ruЧёрно-белая собака укусила меня. — Lenin_1917
We have a black and white dog.
В нас чорно-біла собака. — iceman
ruУ нас черно-белая собака. — OlgaElwen
deWir haben einen schwarzweißen Hund. — MUIRIEL
I have a black and a white dog.
У мене є чорний та білий пес. — Walentinio
ruУ меня есть белая собака и чёрная собака. — ae5s
deIch habe einen schwarzen und einen weißen Hund. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I have a black dog and a white dog.
В мене є чорний та білий собака. — rmdas
ruУ меня есть чёрная собака и белая. — marafon
Translations
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Forms
more black and white, most black and white| Comparative | more black and white Lesson |
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| Superlative | most black and white Lesson |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- not having or not capable of producing colors:black-and-white
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form